Company tied to Reid’s son wants land in Bundy standoff
By Greg Richter From Newsmax The Nevada rancher who forced the federal Bureau of Land Management to back down last week may have been targeted because a Chinese solar company with ties to Sen. Harry Reid’s son wants the land…
OAS anti-corruption unit visits Jamaica
From Caribbean360 The representatives of El Salvador and Grenada also met with Jamaican civil society and private sector organizations “in order to obtain their perspectives on progress made in the fight against corruption,” the OAS said. WASHINGTON D.C., United States,…
Jamaica scholar Norman Girvan is dead
From Caribbean360 Girvan, the former secretary general of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), was also Professor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies (UWI). Peter Richards PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Thursday April 10, 2014, CMC – Prominent Caribbean academic, Professor…
Anti-money laundering enforcement: warning for residential and commercial estate agents [UK]
By Jeremy Bouch Shoosmiths On 1 April 2014 HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) took over from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) as the regulator of residential and commercial estate agents for the purposes of anti-money laundering. The final act…
Results needed Prime Minister Douglas tells Caribbean Human Rights Consultation
From SKNVibes (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) — “We need results. It is time for accelerated action”, says St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister, and Chair of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS, the Rt Hon. Dr….
Citi appointed Depositary Bank for Tarena International, Inc.’s sponsored ADR programme
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–April 10, 2014–Citi’s Issuer Services business, acting through Citibank N.A., has been appointed by Tarena International, Inc. (“Tarena”), a Cayman Islands-registered China-based company, as the depositary bank for its Level 3 American Depositary Receipt (ADR) program. Tarena’s ADR…
The Editor Speaks: Incredibly informative trip to dump
Am I the only person in Cayman who is not satisfied with the speeches made by both Minister Osbourne Bodden and Premier Alden McLaughlin in Cayman Brac’s Legislative Assembly last Thursday (10) regarding THE DUMP? All talk and no action…
Rivers speaks to Cayman Brac LA on unemployment, school discipline and student behaviour
Statement to the Legislative Assembly 10th April 2014 [re unemployment] By the Honourable Tara Rivers, JP MLA, Minister of Education, Employment and Gender Affairs National Workforce Development Agency 10th April 2014 Madame Speaker, I wish to update this Honourable house…
Axiom case exposes dysfunctional English Court system
By David Marchant From OffshoreAlert British authorities rarely fail to disappoint me by demonstrating how third world their country is whenever I try to obtain information for an investigation into financial wrongdoing. Incompetence, inefficiency, ignorance, unhelpfulness, and painstaking slowness are…
New Deputy Customs Collector takes office
Mr. Marlon Bodden brings a rich background in law enforcement to his new position as Deputy Collector for the Customs Department. With 31 years’ experience in the police, Mr. Bodden is now in charge of enforcement at Customs, where he…
